Needling Needham
The Needham Question is hot, hot, hot! Thanks to Simon Winchester’s The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked t...
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Wonders of Modern Life
I’m pleased to announce the publication by Shinsensha of the translated version of Japanese Diasporas, ｼﾞｬﾊﾟﾆｰｽﾞﾃﾞｲｱｽﾎﾟﾗ, 足立伸子 （編著), including my article ...
A New Theory of Japanese History: Robots
At No Fear of the Future, Jess Nevins has a new theory of modern Japanese history [via]: It’s clear, isn’t it? When Japan makes a new robot, a white person stea...
Wartime Media
Brett at Airminded notes the Japanese National Archives war poster collection including detailed poison gas attack instructions and anti-fire civil defense. The...
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Speaking of Japanese Korean relations….
I know as well as anyone that the blogosphere is a self-selected and decidedly non-standard sample of any population (except, of course, bloggers). But, apropos...
Japanese Universities in World Context
Tomorrow’s Professor just forwarded a list of the top 500 universities in the world. As the introduction says Attempting to rank universities world-wide i...
Farewell, Soseki
I’m going to miss Natsume Soseki. I know, he’s been dead for a long time (are there any plans in the works for centennial editions or celebrations, ...
Minamata Justice
Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government to pay compensation to additional victims of one of the most egregious and troubling cases of environmental i...
Japanese Pride and Influence
If you’ve studied Japan for even a few years, it becomes clear that Japanese are very sensitive about Nobel prizes. They haven’t won a lot of them, ...